padRight

Description: The padRight function appends the given padding string (or '_', if nothing is provided) to the argument String until the passed desired length is reached.

It returns the argument as is if its length is already equal or higher than the desired length, if the padding string is null, and if the desired length is either negative or greater than Integer.MAX_VALUE. It returns null if the argument string is not a valid attribute.

Subject Type: String

Arguments:

• DesiredLength : The integer value to pad to.

• PaddingString : The optional string to pad with. "_" will be used if a PaddingString is not provided. If the PaddingString is not an exact multiple of the actual pad size, it will be trimmed to fit in DesiredLength.

Return Type: String

Examples: If the "greetings" attribute has the value "hello", then the following Expressions will provide the following results:

Expression	Value
${greetings:padRight(10)}	hello_____
${greetings:padRight(10, '@')}	hello@@@@@
${greetings:padRight(10, 'xy')}	helloxyxyx
${greetings:padLeft(10, 'aVeryLongPaddingString')}	helloaVery